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In sophomore year Aresa worked with Priyanka Kompella who was a Disney Imagineer and then at Relativity Space as a Vehicle Integration Engineer. In this mentorship Aresa learned about coding and circuits, she used that knowledge to build two robots.
Projects & Robots
Projects & Robots
The Sun Flower Project
The Sun Flower Project
Aresa built a robot that used sensors and motors to follow light.
Aresa built a robot that used sensors and motors to follow light.
Building
Building
Aresa built 3d models in Autodesk of the robot, then used cardboard and hot glue to build it in real life.
Testing
Testing
IMG_1191.MOVAresa tested all the parts, including the motors and the sensors. This is to make sure that nothing is faulty, so that if the final product doesn't work Aresa knows it is not the parts and she can test other areas of the robot.
Final Product
Final Product
IMG_1220.MOVIt worked! As you can see as Aresa shines a light on one section the robot moves towards the light.
Remote Control Car
Remote Control Car
Aresa's second project was trying to make a remote control car from "scratch" using transmitters, receivers, encoders, and decoders*.
Aresa's second project was trying to make a remote control car from "scratch" using transmitters, receivers, encoders, and decoders*.
Aresa researched all the parts she needed to make a remote controlled robot. Created a budget and pitched it to her parents
Aresa tested the encoders and decoders first as the sources recommended.
It didn't work
Aresa did a deep dive into research about encoders and decoders to understand exactly how they worked so she could diagnose the problem. Using this knowledge she built a circuit to test it a different way.
It didn't work
Aresa then decided to add the transmitter and receiver to the circuit to see if that would help diagnose the problem. In order to use them she learned to solder so she could attach the antennas.
It didn't work
This cycle repeated for a couple of weeks until finally Aresa's mentor Priyanka told her she had tried everything and it was time to go to move onto another project.
Light & Sonar Sensing Car
Light & Sonar Sensing Car
That project was the light and sonar sensing Car. A car that could both track light and avoid large objects using sonar.
That project was the light and sonar sensing Car. A car that could both track light and avoid large objects using sonar.
Planning
Planning
Aresa wrote a rough draft of the code on paper to plan it out.
This is the schematic for the wiring of the Car. It's basically a blue print for what should be connected to what.
Testing
Testing
Testing the buttons
Testing the sonar sensor
Video Apr 13, 11 39 25 AM.movTesting the Motor
testing all the parts together
Building
Building
In order to have a base for the car. Aresa measured the material and cut it out using a saw. Then she used a hot glue gun to put it all together.
In order to have a base for the car. Aresa measured the material and cut it out using a saw. Then she used a hot glue gun to put it all together.
The Final Car
The Final Car
Even though my second project didn't work. I learned a lot from both the remote control car and the sonar & light sensing car. They both taught me to problem solve and at the end I had an actual car that moved on its own.
Even though my second project didn't work. I learned a lot from both the remote control car and the sonar & light sensing car. They both taught me to problem solve and at the end I had an actual car that moved on its own.
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